An agreement may soon be in place between Juneau School District and Juneau Education Support Staff.<\/p>\n
A tentative, three-year agreement between the district and its second biggest employee association was announced in a district press release Monday afternoon, but neither the district nor the educator union is sharing details about the potential contract at this time.<\/p>\n
JESS, which is a bargaining unit that represents about 320 district employees with a contract set to expire by July, has yet to ratify the tentative agreement, and the next step in the bargaining process will be a vote expected to take place Saturday to determine whether the agreement has JESS members’ approval.<\/p>\n
Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss said Tuesday afternoon if JESS favors the agreement, the district would then move quickly to ratify the agreement.<\/p>\n
Weiss said the bargaining process has been efficient, which is backed up by the date at which the tentative agreement was announced.<\/p>\n
Members of JESS and district administrators signed the previous three-year agreement in mid June 2016. <\/a><\/p>\n “This negotiation process with JESS has been highly collaborative, very constructive, and it’s always an exciting time to sort of recalibrate and recommunicate what needs are on both sides of a contract,” Weiss said in a phone interview. “We’re really excited about the potential of having a three-year contract again.”<\/p>\n